brewess en · NOUN
Etymology
From brew + -ess.
Meanings
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(historical, obsolete) A female brewer.
There are a great many other references to ale-wives and brewesses in the descriptive poems of the medieval period, and women continued to brew beer and ale until at least the sixteenth century […]
1947, Frank Alfred King, Beer Has a History, page 32:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| brewesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |